Ethics in International Management

Brij Nino Kumar, Horst Steinmann, Brij Nino Kumar, Horst Steinmann

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9783110154481
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110806540
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

No detailed description available for "Ethics in International Management".

Table of contents

• Introduction to the Volume: Ethics in Multinational Corporations
• 1 An Arising Problem in International Business Practice
• 2 Ethics in MNCs: Aspects of the Conceptual Framework of the Volume
• 3 Summary of Contributions
• Part One Theoretical Foundation of Corporate and Management Ethics in the Context of Multinational Enterprise and Globalization
• Corporate Ethics and Global Business: Philosophical Considerations on Intercultural Management
• 1 The Point of Departure: The Multinational Enterprise in the Tense Area of Structural Globalization and Cultural Fragmentation
• 2 The US-Model Business Principles - A Recent Suggestion and its Problems
• 3 The Reactions of Management Theory
• 4 Philosophical Perspectives: Universalism and Culturalism
• 5 Consequences for the Management of International Companies
• 6 Final Remarks
• Constructivist Anthropology and Cultural Pluralism: Methodological Reflections on Cultural Integration
• 1 On the Meaning of the Question and the Link with Constructivism
• 2 Paul Lorenzen’s Proposals on Political Anthropology
• 3 Critique of Two Presuppositions
• 4 Constructivist Method and Interaction with Respect to Interculturality
• 5 Three Steps of Communicative Cultural Integration
• The Competitive Context of Ethical Decision-Making in Business
• 1 Abstract
• 2 Scope of the Paper
• 3 Business Ethics Defined
• 4 Linkages between Competitive Environment and Ethical Business Behavior
• 5 Linkages between Industry Structure and Ethical Business Behavior
• 6 Summary and Implications for Future Research
• The Role of International Industry Associations in the Development and Implementation of Corporate Ethics: The Case of the Chemical Industry and Responsible Care
• 1 Corporate Ethics as Interactive Economics
• 2 Responsibility for Rules: Sharing the Responsibility between Company and Industry Association
• 3 Recommendations for the Further Development of the Program
• 4 The Realization of Discourses in the Economy
• Social Capital Investments, Property Rights and the Ethics of Win-Win Why Multinational Enterprise Management Should Engage in Institution Building of their Host Countries
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Trust and Social Capital Theory
• 3 Trust, Institutions and Development
• 4 Social Capital Creation and the Role of MNE
• 5 Social Capital, Distrust and the Recognition of Property Rights
• 6 Roads of Engagement: Investing in Social Capital
• 7 Social Capital Investments and the Changing Relations between Business and State
• 8 Business, State and the Ethics of Win-Win
• Globalization, Development and Ethics: Moral Responsibility and Strategies of International Management in the Perspective of ‘Sustainable Development’
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Multinational Corporation and their Moral Responsibility in Global Economy
• 3 Reflections on the Foundations of Ethical Behaviour of Multinational Corporations
• 4 Multinational Strategy for Sustainable Development
• 5 Conclusion
• Part Two Ethics in International Strategies and Management Functions
• Global Responsibility for Sustainable Development: The Role of Multinational Corporations
• 1 Industry’s Conduct, Environmental Protection, and the Sociopolitical Mesh
• 2 The Question of Different Environmental Standards as between Industrial and Developing Countries
• Corruption in International Business Relations: Problems and Solutions
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Definitions
• 3 Aspects of Corruption
• 4 The Corruption Perception Index
• 5 Legal Treatment
• 6 Sample Cases
• 7 Costs of Corruption
• 8 Public Reaction
• 9 Corrective Action
• 10 Conclusion
• Ethics - A Global Business Challenge
• Ethical Issues in International Marketing
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Ethical Theory in Marketing and International Business
• 3 Ethical Issues in International Marketing Exchanges
• 4 Ethical Adaptation of International Marketing Strategies
• 5 International Marketing Ethics and Transnational Corporations
• 6 Conclusions
• Concepts and Experience of the “Valuing Diversity and Ethics” Workshops at Levi Strauss and Company
• 1 An Overview of the Valuing Diversity and Ethics Workshop
• 2 Connecting Ethics and Diversity
• 3 Using Principles to Connect Ethics and Diversity
• 4 Using Assumptions to Connect Ethics and Diversity
• 5 The Ethical Decision Making Model
• 6 Analysis of Assumptions
• 7 Using Dialogue to Connect Ethics and Diversity
• 8 Four Components of Dialogue
• 9 Balancing of Inquiry and Advocacy
• 10 Acknowledging Ambiguity
• 11 The Resources are in the Room
• Orientation for a Globally Competent Human Resources Function in Preventing and Resolving Cross-cultural Conflicts
• 1 Abstract
• 2 Definitions
• 3 The “Whys” of a Cross-cultural Conflict
• 4 Finding a Common Language
• 5 The “Whats” of a Cross-cultural Conflict
• 6 Ethical, Interculturally Effective Interaction and Transaction Strategies
• 7 Implications for Business Leadership
• 8 The “Hows” of a Cross-cultural Conflict
• 9 Preventing Culture Clashes in a Global HR Function
• 10 Conclusion
• Part Three Morals in Religion and National Traditions: Cultures as Points of Departure for Foundations of Corporate Ethics in International Business
• Ethics for Business and Management: Explorations in Hindu Thought
• 1 The Setting
• 2 Involution Theory and the Will-to-Ethics
• 3 Excellence, Competition and Ethics
• 4 Guna, Karmavada and Karmayoga Theories of Ethics
• 5 Conclusion: The Indian Theory of Consciousness Ethics
• 6 Ethics/Non-Ethics in Action: A Few Vignettes
• Business Ethics in China: Confucianism, Socialist Market Economy and the Multinational Enterprises
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Business Development in China
• 3 Confucianism and Personal Ethics
• 4 Socialist Market Economy and Legal Framework
• 5 Multinational Enterprises and the World Economy
• 6 Conclusion
• “Contextualism” in Business and Ethical Issues in Japan
• 1 Philosophical and Cultural Background of Contextualism
• 2 Advantages of Contextualism in Business
• 3 Disadvantages of Contextualism in Business
• 4 Ethics Embedded in Business Context
• An Islamic Framework for International Marketing Ethics
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Foundations of Islamic Framework with respect to Ethical Behavior
• 3 Just Profit Synthesis: Value Maximization Approach
• 4 Islamic Ethics for Marketing Decision Making
• 5 Conclusion
• Business and Corporate Ethics in the USA: Philosophy and Practice
• 1 Introduction: Business Ethics in the USA - Neither Fad nor Mature
• 2 Methodological and Other Remarks
• 3 Taking Stock of Business and Corporate Ethics in the USA - an Attempt
• 4 Two Types of Reasoning: The Intrinsic versus the Instrumental Value of Ethics
• 5 Conclusions and Open Questions
• Business Ethics in the Catholic Value System: The Spanish Case
• 1 Towards an Intercultural Business Ethics
• 2 The Spanish World of Values at the Origins of Capitalism
• 3 The Emergence of Social Market Economy in Spain
• 4 From “Franquismo” to the Welfare State
• 5 Ethics and Business in the Spain Heading into the 21st Century
• 6 As a Very Brief Conclusion
• Business Ethics in a Transforming Economy: Applying the Integrative Social Contracts Theory to Russia
• 1 Integrative Social Contracts Theory
• 2 Three Forces Influencing Business Ethics in Russia
• 3 Applying Theory to Practice
• 4 Conclusion
• The Interfaith Declaration: Context, Issues and Problems of Application of a Code of Ethics for International Business among those of three Major Religions
• 1 The Spread of Global Information
• 2 Rise of Public Awareness of Moral Issues
• 3 Interfaith Declaration
• 4 Method
• 5 Some Key Principles
• 6 The Declaration
• 7 The Use of the Code
• List of Contributors
• Index